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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Open syllable






2. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






3. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






4. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






5. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






6. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






7. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






8. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






9. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






10. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






11. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






12. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






13. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






14. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






15. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






16. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






17. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






18. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






19. Whole body learning






20. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






21. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






22. Students proceed trough predictable stages of learning to reading.

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23. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






24. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






25. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






26. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






27. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






28. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






29. State Board of Eduation






30. Closed syllable






31. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






32. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






33. r-controlled syllable






34. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






35. A base word or meaningful unit in there terminology of structural linguistics.






36. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






37. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress






38. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






39. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo






40. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






41. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






42. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






43. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






44. Multisensory Structured Language Education






45. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






46. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






47. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






48. One of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips - tongue or teeth during articulation.






49. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






50. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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